Why'd you turn against me, Gordon? For six years, I taughtcha how to skate, I taughtcha how to score, I taughtcha how to go for the "W". You could have been one of the greats! An' now look at yourself. You're not even a has-been. You're a never-was.

On February 6 there's a movie coming out called Miracle. It's about the 1980 US Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal after upsetting the heavily-favored Soviets, and it stars Kurt Russell. This movie shouldn't have been made in my opinion. I need to send a letter to Hollywood and tell them that there's only enough room in my heart for one movie about a group of rag-tag hockey players who join together to overcome enormous odds to pull the emotional upset. That movie? Mighty Ducks.

I'm at the corner just in time to see the bus fly by.

I just saw some shampoo commercial with Rena Sofer in it. I've seen that actress in a bunch of things over the years (Just Shoot Me, Ed, Traffic, etc.) but in my mind she'll always be Andrea Larson from that fantastic TV movie "Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style." Not that she's some big star now, just when I see her I always think of that movie. And I remember how shocked I was that Kelly Kapowski's grandfather in Hawaii was Dean Jones. Amazing. And speaking of Saved by the Bell, I'd be lying if I said I had absolutely zero interest in someday owning this.

This looks like the lamp in the book. Maybe this is the one.

Hmmm...Kyle's mystery character?

Streetcar!

You can always depend on the kindness of strangers
To pluck up your spirits, and shield you from dangers.
Now here's a tip from Blanche you won't regret:
"A stranger's just a friend you haven't met."
You ha-ven't met... Streetcar!

I wish Cotton was a monkey...

Last week my sister called me to discuss racial issues in the "The Little Rascals." The old black and white shorts, obviously, not the movie from the 90s. Anyhow, I submit these quotes for your perusal. They come from Stymie who is trying to find a genie in a lamp:

"I wish my pappy was out of jail."
"I wished I had some chicken."
"I wish I had a big watermelon."

Thank you and good night.